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Wen CP, Zhang F, Liang D, Wen C, Gu J, Skinner H, Chow WH, Ye Y, Pu X, Hildebrandt MA , Huang M, Chen CH, Hsiung CA, Tsai MK, Tsao CK, Lippman SM, Wu X
Liraglutide ends up having a half life in the human body of 13 hours compared to a half-life of two and a half minutes for straight up GLP-1
Originally approved as a type 2 diabetes treatment, aggressive advertisements that promoted Ozempic (semaglutide) weight loss benefits has led to it increasingly being prescribed as a diet drug, which eventually resulted in a weight loss-specific version, Wegovy, also manufactured by Novo Nordisk
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Semaglutide, taken weekly, offers greater weight loss and blood-sugar improvement but can trigger stronger GI symptoms during dose escalation